Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-11-06
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8. @ Weston. of TuscarOra Is in tovr
to-day.
J.R. Henry came in from Mound
Valley yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs, J. L. Wines, of Eureka,
came up on last evenings train.
L. E. Morgan went up to Wells to.
day IN business connected with the
O'Neil case.
Messenger Smiths reward for killing
the two train robbers on the Southern
Pacific. amounts to $4,000.
Chcsley Hale, a veteran of the war
Of 1912, eyed los. still strong aud
hearty, is the boast OF S~earsmont,
Maine.
1t know takes only thirty-nino hours
for the express train to go FROM Port
land, Oregon, to San Francisco, Calf
foruia.
An Annapolis naval cadet has been
court-:nnItia,ed and sentenced to n term
Of Imprisonment for refusing TO take a
dose Of pills.
An Ohio girl, while out driving with
q young mah this week, got out OF the
buggy and killed herself with n pistol.
lie probably PERSISTED in driving with
both hands.
Trying to chew chocolate carameIs
with false teeth. and essaymg to uutie
fast-knot.ed shoestrinGs with dogskin
gloves on, is very like trying to do bust
ness without ADVERTISING.
The best time for q young man to
take his girl sleighing is dnring a ''driv-
ing snoW-storm." He can use both his
arms to hold the girl in the sleigh, and
let the snow-storm do the ''driving.''-
NorriStown Herald.
Frank Moxie, OF Dakota, was about to
be married, but WAS busy with n game
Of poker. The minister who was to
perform the cerer:ouy went TO inform
him TINT the company was waiting, got
interested and took a hand. aud the
welding had 10 lie postponed.
S. +. Post:-Jay Gould has gobbled
one telegraph too many. The capture
o! the DIltim re & Ohio aud the conse-
quent rise ia rates has started the move
ment 10 construct II government lire
with II strength that is likely to make
Nh. Gouid's property a drug in the
market.
4 German steamship recently took 20
Colon hom Africa 700 LiLerinns, men
Of gigantic s.htur and POW erinl ply
sique. They were ha!f naked. carried
queer looking bundles upon their
shoulders aud spoke Il language which
Iu ole Use on the earth understood. II
Is said that ! 500 nose will follow, and
that these men will work OH the rana-
ma Canal.
n. Y. Star:-Mr. Bell. owner OF the
Thistle, has reached London. in all in
t-rvirw he says that Euslinhmcn will
never have n better aud nobler oppo-
nrut than General Paine. Mr.. Bell
has probably forgotten that his skipper.
after the drs; race, passed a rope under
the Thistle because lie thought a barrel
Lad been placed there. or there had
been some other iou! play.
Secretary Of State Kesley, Of New
jersey started a fsDi some months q
for a n over tie grave OF Gen.
crnl u Clel'rn. He A-I,d srbscrip-
tions only OF intimate friends OF the
dad soldier, aud has received about
$1,000. The grave pot il too small 10
aduht OF the el .boraie shalt the money
would buy, end as = larger plot cannot
I've chosen uu;il Mrs. &eCl,lIsnd, who
j. in Iln'y. il COZ sul,,d, .hc matter
E!ust res; until her return in the Spring.
In 1867 a sialwart young chief of the
Askar Tribe waS captured IN Africa aud
sold ~ II slave in Virginia. lie was
named Edmond Montgomery. and was
a valuable man. The other day he died
III Srhl,y county, Ga, sged at least l02
years. lie left II third wife and %
children i'll GeorEia. aud had two Viz
giuia wives aud large families by them.
His sight had never failed. aud when
lac died he had never los, a single one
Of Lis irury.iikc teeth. .
Omaha mRnmn-"rLere. now, stop
chat,ering aud say your prayers"
LATHE sop-"Make sister shut up so I
can. Sly. uIlivmH, can"
Il told YOU TO stop taking"
IL know, Gu you-'
Say your pray ers."
"Yrs. I'm going to. Now l layme
dowutosle"pIprn!th' Lordmysoul,okeep
Ishou!iiieJefnreaw
s"u'totak,say ,manmn. eau you wink
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